Nervous but excited for Baby #2

I'm getting a bit nervous for my son to arrive... he is my second baby. I have an almost 2yo daughter. I'm super excited and looking forward to cherishing my son, but it's scary thinking I'm now going to be responsible for two tiny, beautiful humans. I'm like... omg. How will nap time work? My daughter will only fall asleep if I or hubby lays down with her (at daycare she naps great by herself, but home is a whole different story and i can't do the cry it out thing). And that's not possible with another baby who isn't on the same schedule lol. Anyone else having last minute thoughts like this pop up? I mean I know I will make it work, but the mind goes 😨

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Yes! My son is 20 months and a ball of energy. I'm worried he'll be really rough with the baby, and also pi$$ed about my attention being split (even though I work FT (full time) and he's used to being with other caretakers). And then when the second one is older and on the move and I have a 2.5/3 yo and a crawler/walker?! AH!!!

You'll figure it out I was worried about having my second too since the age gap was only 16 months, but after a couple of months we'd settled into a solid routine and now at 19 months and almost 3 they are best friends. It was a little hard at first but babywearing and the baby swing were lifesavers in those early days!

Yes! My son is 20 months and a ball of energy. I'm worried he'll be r...

Posted
06/28/2016

Yes! My son is 20 months and a ball of energy. I'm worried he'll be really rough with the baby, and also pi$$ed about my attention being split (even though I work FT and he's used to being with other caretakers). And then when the second one is older and on the move and I have a 2.5/3 yo and a crawler/walker?! AH!!!

My daughter is always go go go! But she plays with her animals and dolls like they are baby brother, so hopefully she is actually that gentle with him! And I feel ya on the split attention, but I know she will adjust. I work too, but I'm off for summer break, woohoo!

You'll figure it out I was worried about having my second too since the ...

Posted
06/28/2016

You'll figure it out I was worried about having my second too since the age gap was only 16 months, but after a couple of months we'd settled into a solid routine and now at 19 months and almost 3 they are best friends. It was a little hard at first but babywearing and the baby swing were lifesavers in those early days!

Awesome to hear that! I plan on baby wearing a lot with #2. We have a swing already, although it's not set up... hubby! Lol I didn't think about it til now!

You'll figure it out I was worried about having my second too since the ...

Posted
06/28/2016

You'll figure it out I was worried about having my second too since the age gap was only 16 months, but after a couple of months we'd settled into a solid routine and now at 19 months and almost 3 they are best friends. It was a little hard at first but babywearing and the baby swing were lifesavers in those early days!

Awesome to hear that! I plan on baby wearing a lot with #2. We have a swing already, although it's not set up... hubby! Lol I didn't think about it til now!

I know what you mean. My daughter is 22 months old and I know our whole routine is going to be thrown off. I know she will still nap, but there's no telling if baby will nap when she does. I usually get everything done while she naps (clean, shower, laundry, etc.) I do plan on baby wearing a lot, I hear it's one of the best things you can do! Don't worry, you'll get into a routine sooner than you think and it'll all just click. That's what I keep telling myself. 😊

Omg me it makes me want to cry thinking about it and dh (dear husband) is so sick right now he will probably be no use after my csection because he needs another surgery,,, so I will have a newborn a 20month old and a husband lol 😢😕🙅😴

My dd (dear daughter) will be 22 months when this lo is born in nervous too she's never been a great sleeping I'm nervous every time baby cries she's going to wake up and she will get jealous and want my attention while nursing the baby I'm sure everything will be ok can't help but worry about things! And for l&d so nervous it's going to happen at 2am or something and I don't wanna wake her to go to the hospital or a family member to drive here at the hour!

Yep! My son just turned 3 years old and his little brother is due next month. I'm mostly nervous about the immediate impact it's going to have..... like - when I go into labor and I have to bring him to my parents and he's going to stay there for 2 nights without me for the first time..... and when he meets the baby for the first time, if he's going to flip out! He's too young to really understand that this little brother we keep talking about is going to be here FOREVER.... but he's old enough to understand that now he's not going to be the only one getting attention. So i think we're in for an interesting ride.

Omg me it makes me want to cry thinking about it and dh is so sick right no...

Posted
06/29/2016

Omg me it makes me want to cry thinking about it and dh is so sick right now he will probably be no use after my csection because he needs another surgery,,, so I will have a newborn a 20month old and a husband lol 😢😕🙅😴

The husband will probably be the most difficult one to deal with out of all 3 of them, if he's anything like a typical man when they're sick or injured. Good luck to you - that sounds tough!

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